Brussels, 11/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - It was a foregone conclusion. The EU ministers, meeting in the General Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday 11 October, failed to secure the qualified majority required (260 votes out of 352) to approve or reject the European Commission's proposal to authorise the cultivation in the EU of the highly controversial genetically modified maize TC 1507 from the American company Pioneer Dupont. This GMO is resistant to certain insects which are harmful to...